§ Colonel Macnamaraasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is satisfied that, in these days of reduced transport at night, service men and women on leave or joining up have decent sleeping accommodation available for them at the chief stations at which many only arrive late at night?
§ Sir J. GriggDecent sleeping accommodation for Service men is provided at or very near some 70 of the railway stations which they use most and at or close by some 45 for Service women. When a more or less permanent change in the direction of troop traffic creates a need of the same order at a new station, accommodation is provided there. There are other stations where troops are stranded occasionally, but the provision of dormitories at these could not be justified in the present shortage of labour and materials. There are, however,64W hostels providing beds in most of the larger towns.